Species: Gillellus healae, Masked stargazer

Gillellus healae Dawson, 1982

Masked stargazer

Body compressed, tapering to tail; head moderate sized; eyes on top of head, not on stalks, with a circlet of flaps at its tip; mouth upturned, with a protruding lower jaw, 4 conical skin flaps at front of lower lip, none on top lip; upper part of operculum with a frill of skin flaps; dorsal fin in 2 sections, 1st section a finlet of III spines with origin on nape, sometimes 1-2 free spines behind this, then main fin, XI-XIII spines, 27-29 soft rays; 31-33 soft anal rays; lateral line bends down just behind spiny section of dorsal fin; pelvic fins inserted under throat, each with I, 3, rays thickened and free at the tips; scales large, smooth; 22-23 scales on arched section of lateral line, 23-25 on straight part; head and underbelly behind pelvic fins scaleless.